Decoding Fox News

Again..l have to share this university study on what Fox does to people.

I call it the fear roller coaster.

Almost as soon as Jessica Tarlov started to talk about Iran Jesse Watters talked over her. This was right after he had spoke about Iran at length. What is the timeline for Iran? No one knows. As Tarlov was getting another point across Greg Gutfeld talked over her.

Podcast #202 - Fox News: Operation AVOID Epstein Fury A condensed overview of 32 hours of Fox News for the week ending 3/1/26

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Fox News: Operation AVOID Epstein Fury A condensed overview of 32 hours of Fox News for the week ending 3/1/26

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Last week Greg Gutfeld smeared and maligned a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse. Haley Robson was a minor aged high school student when she was abused, manipulated and threatened by Epstein. I've included an excerpt of her statement from the press conference Fox didn't air.

Jesse Watters pretended he had a big scoop in terms of Jeffrey Epstein's death last week. The problem is Watters was implicating Trump's DOJ in his first term. Most of Watters' big scoop was also old news.

This is a montage of everyone mentioned related to the Epstein Files on the shows I covered last week. The network tried to implicate Bill and Hillary Clinton. PBS included segments about how the DOJ withheld interviews of a woman who implicated Trump. Fox didn't mention it.

White House 'looking under every rock' to lower gas prices

Ainsley Earhardt said the Iranian regime's religion was one reason they were so hard to negotiate with. The U.S. removed a freely elected Iranian leader in 1953 and replaced him with a monarch. We also supported both sides of the Iran-Iraq War. They have reasons not to trust us.

Dana Perino bragged about the Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner pretending they were negotiating with Iran while the Pentagon planned an attack. Witkoff is part of the Ukraine/Russia negotiations .Kushner is part of the plan to rebuild Gaza. Who would trust them after this?

Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer managed to make a good point on Fox News. The first 24-72 hours of any military operation waged by the U.S. tends to go well. It's the weeks, months and years that follow that are the hard part.

Clay Travis of Outkick boasted that the U.S. suffered no casualties in Trump's previous military attacks in Venezuela the previous raid on Iran. Two days later six U.S. service members have been killed in action.

A sign that says “This week been so rough my coffee needs coffee.”

I’d swap out the word “week” with Trump Administration.

I’ve called this the coffee/Red Bull stage of my life.

It’s just never-ending. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Fox Business hosts Stuart Varney and Lauren Simonetti commenting in real-time on the Dow Jones opening down 850 points (and falling) at the bell this morning.

They both laugh sardonically that the only component of the DJIA that opened in the green was Chevron.

I love it.

a bright orange canvas jacket with bright blue, green, and magenta letters in a 3x4 pattern reading a b c d e f u c k i c e

finished embroidering my jacket :)

In Texas slightly more Democrats showed up to vote in the Senate primary than Republicans. In North Carolina it wasn't close, as over 824,000 voted for a Democrat, and 625,667 voted for a Republican. It's just a primary of course but Democrats have to be happy about the turnout.

Hegseth is definitely a religious zealot which is troubling AF

One of the crazier themes that has been repeated on Fox News for the past few days,

"I can't believe the remaining Iranian leadership hasn't surrendered already."

The government is a theocracy steeped in religious zealotry. They aren't going to act rationally.

Brian Kilmeade was excited that Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia wanted Trump to attack Iran. Kilmeade did not seem concerned that U.S. taxpayers and the U.S. military should pay for a war in blood and treasure on behalf of foreign countries.

A Trump quote without his voice or face - Trump without Trump. This is for folks who might normally tune out or refuse to listen to Trump. Everyone should hear this quote. This is from his meeting on 3/3/26 with the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz

Dana Perino claimed that Biden could have aggressively attacked Russia just as Trump has attacked Iran. Biden worked with Congress he did not act alone. Russia has an enormous nuclear arsenal with targets throughout the U.S. Trump continually shows deference towards Russia.

Friday night I didn’t sleep at all. I crashed sometime midday got up and kept working. I didn’t sleep last night at all. I’m technically still up from Sunday.

Just a reminder folks that if you need it, you can stop for five minutes and watch some puppy or cat videos.

The hellish news cycle will still be here when you get done.

Also Punch the monkey. How can you not love that little guy?

When I first heard this I had to play it back because I couldn’t believe he said it.

Jesse Watters asked Former Navy SEAL Jack Carr why the recent U.S. attack on Iran is unlike previous wars in Iraq.

Because we re-named the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

No kidding. He really said that.

On the night of Trump's attack of Iran Brit Hume seemed positive but reminded Jesse Watters that regime change wars don't always end well. He also remarked that there doesn't seem to be a plan yet about what to do next.

Laura Ingraham asked two experts who might be the new leader of Iran.

Expert #1 "There's no difference between a crown and turban" meaning Iranians don't want the Crown Prince.

Expert #2 "The CIA, Mossad and the Crown Prince have 'cultivated' a possible new leader. 🤔

The night of the Trump's attack on Iran.

Dan Bongino - Trump knows more than experts and academics!

(A few minutes later)

It hasn't even been 24 hours! Give the guy a chance! Give him five minutes! He's surrounded himself with more than competent people.